Technology

TikTok will ban teenagers from using beauty filters amid concerns about the dangerous impact on younger users' mental health.

A company has developed an AI image-recognition model that can identify a fake designer product from a single photo -- with luxury fashion brand Lacoste becoming its first customer.

Scientists have developed a new AI tool that lets users generate realistic satellite images of future flooding and prepare for approaching storms.

Australia’s House of Representatives passed a landmark bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from using social media.

A group of peeved artists protesting against "corporate AI overlords" have apparently leaked OpenAI's video generator Sora.

Photographers struggling to find the perfect angle for a group shot have often relied upon clumsy tripods, clunky self-timers, or, worst of all, missing out on being in the frame to take the photo themselves. Enter PhotoBot, a robot photographer who promises to capture a good shot and can take instructions and use a reference photo when finding the ideal composition.

A researcher discovered a ferocious tornado that no one knew about after he spotted a "huge scar" on Google Maps.

Polish billionaire Rafal Brzoska says he has won his court battle against Meta over the use of his image in AI-generated deepfake ads.

A new AI tool will bring old family photos to life by animating the people in them. Allowing users to "relive your favorite memories by turning any photo into a short video clip."

Luma Labs has given its Dream Machine AI video generator a makeover by introducing a new text-to-image foundation model called Photon.

During the tumultuous years of World War II, communication between American soldiers overseas and their loved ones back home was not just a matter of personal comfort but a crucial element in maintaining morale on the front lines.

Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) announced a new global shutter image sensor earlier this week. While aimed at industrial applications and therefore unlikely to appear in a consumer camera anytime soon, if ever, the 24.5-megapixel sensor's specifications are well worth discussing.

Indian-based startup Invideo has released its V3 model which lets creators seamlessly generate full-length videos from just a single prompt.

Hairdressers say clients are unknowingly showing them AI-generated images and asking them to recreate the hairstyles in them.

A security firm has released a deepfake detection tool as a useful aid to determine whether a piece of content is AI-generated or not.

A scandal, which saw a teenage boy create 50 AI nude photos of his female classmates, has forced the closure of a private school.

Social media platform Bluesky has seen a surge in users in recent weeks; the app's rapid growth has reportedly narrowed the gap to competitors X and Threads.

Artificial intelligence has been terrorizing the creative industries for the last couple of years leaving many bitter and worried about where it's all heading. But Ben Affleck has a couple of interesting predictions that may assuage fears.

Google Workspace has begun rolling out a text-to-image generator into Google Docs, letting users create an AI image in an online document.

Optics and artificial intelligence have converged to create a new imaging system that could transform photography.

Coca-Cola has controversially remade its iconic Christmas ad featuring Santa and wintry scenes using artificial intelligence video tools.

Photography is an art and science deeply rooted in the manipulation of light. From the earliest days of the camera obscura to the digital age, photographers have sought to control exposure—the amount of light that reaches the camera sensor or film—to create compelling images. Central to this control are the variables of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO (no, ISO does not actually change the sensitivity but nevertheless plays an integral role in exposure choices).

A woman has sued her U.S. employer, alleging that the company aimed a hidden camera at her office desk to monitor her work.

An AI-generated video of a polar bear "being rescued" has spread across the internet like wildfire leaving many confused and frustrated.

Artificial intelligence is a much-maligned technology with many asking if we really need it at all but a British telecommunications company may have found a useful application for it.

A group of researchers have attempted to put artificial intelligence (AI) to good use by making a face anonymizer program.

A camera app for Android that is labeled as "anti-AI" because it doesn't overprocess photos the way most modern smartphones do has been released.

400,000 photographs were used to create an AI-generated digital version of St. Peter’s Basilica, the 400-year-old Vatican City church considered central to Christianity.

Chinese AI video generator Vidu has launched its 1.5 model which can take elements from different photos and blend them into one video.

Artificial intelligence is playing an increasing role across many genres of photography, but few feel the impact of AI more acutely than stock photography. Whether outright generating images or editing them with AI, Adobe has, unsurprisingly, fully embraced its Firefly AI technology within Adobe Stock.

President-elect Donald Trump's team says "he will deliver" on his promise to save TikTok and prevent its threatened U.S. ban in two and half months.

Getty Images has introduced new AI photo editing capabilities allowing customers to create their own product photos using generative AI tools.

A U.S. YouTuber is reportedly facing jail time for creating a deepfake video that showed him kissing a South Korean influencer.

Google is rolling out a new AI-powered app called Vids that can create video presentations using just a single prompt.

ChatGPT rejected over 250,000 requests to generate deepfake images of U.S. presidential candidates in the run-up to Election Day.

Early this week, I pulled a colleague into a video chat and shared my screen with him, asking if he was familiar with Apple Photos. He said yes, and proceeded to let me continue. That was when I told him what he was looking at wasn't Apple Photos.

New horror movie Heretic, which debuted in theaters over the weekend, has been praised for featuring a disclaimer in its end credits that "no generative AI was used in the making of the film."

The AI image generator Flux by Black Forest Labs founded by a group of disgruntled Stable Diffusion researchers has released a "raw mode" in its 1.1 version.

The Canadian government ordered the shutdown of TikTok's business in the country, citing national security risks.

The latest-generation Mac mini sports a fresh and improved design and Apple's newest M4-series processors. The facelift and performance bump close the gap between the Mac mini and Apple's fantastic Mac Studio desktop in multiple ways, making the new Mac mini an extremely compelling choice for photographers and video editors alike.

Leica’s swanky new home projector offers 4K resolution, HDR and Dolby Vision, and features premium Leica optics.

In a digital age when the line between truth and authenticity often blurs, the Click camera app brings a powerful tool to verify the reality behind images.

Robert Downey Jr. warned that he will sue filmmakers who use AI to recreate his likeness after he dies -- as the actor makes his Broadway debut in a play about the dangers of the technology.

Police are investigating two middle school boys who are accused of using AI technology to create nude photos of multiple classmates.

Fears that artificial intelligence will replace creatives came to pass in Poland recently after an entire radio station was replaced by bots.

Smartphone company Tecno has launched its #ToneProud campaign, which seeks to end skin tone bias in imaging technology, an increasingly important issue with the rise of generative AI.

Generative AI can produce credible imitations of popular artworks when trained on as few as 200 images.

Runway has added a precise camera control feature to its video platform allowing editors to pan, track, and zoom around AI subjects.